What is in my womb?

What is in my womb -- a ghost, or a goat, or god?

A difficult question because I am not a womb-reader. Wait a little. Time will show who is in your womb. An old man had a set of monkey glands installed in his system and shortly thereafter was married. In due time his wife was in the maternity room while he waited outside the door. When the doctor opened the door the husband besieged him. 'What is it,' he begged, 'a boy or a girl?' 'Don't be so impatient,' said the doctor. 'Wait till it comes down off the chandelier and I'll tell you.' If you have monkey glands installed in you then a monkey is born. So the doctor said, 'Don't be so impatient. Wait till it comes down off the chandelier and I will tell you.' Wait a little, I don't know how you have managed, what kind of soul you have called into your womb. But a few…

Osho, what are the factors that make a womb worthy of the descent of a higher soul, or only of an inferior one? What preparations are needed so that a noble soul can enter the womb? How should they be done? And what particular characteristics did the wombs in which Buddha, Mahavira, Krishna, and Christ were born have, compared to ordinary wombs?

There are many yogic postures that create specific pressures, many breathing processes that do the same, and many sound intonations that apply particular pressures. All of these support the child’s talent, health, capacities, and possibilities to manifest fully. So far, man keeps discovering countless troublesome things, but what is truly needed—that man discover his own future—very little search is happening there. Yet all this is entirely possible. As soon as a child enters the mother, glimpses of that child’s possibilities begin to arise in the mother. It is a two-way process. If the mother becomes angry during these days, the child will be prone to anger; and if an angry soul has entered, a mother who never used to be angry will find anger arising. This too is very indicative, and seeing such indications experiments can be made to transform that child’s anger from the seed itself. Even today there…

What are the distinguishing features that make a womb worthy enough to receive a higher soul, and what are the characteristics of a womb in which an inferior soul may enter? What preparations are necessary in order that a higher soul may descend? How are the preparations made? As compared to ordinary wombs, how special were the wombs that carried great souls like buddha, mahavira, krishna, and jesus?

Ordinarily, babies are born in the darkness of night. And normally, people make love in dark chambers, sneakily, with a sense of fear and guilt. People look at sex as if it is some kind of sin, a crime which has to be done surreptitiously, without anyone knowing about it. Obviously, sex of this kind is bound to produce grave consequences. In order to make love, freedom, openness, purity are essential. At the time of lovemaking, even small things bring distinct results, such as the color on the walls, the light in the room, the fragrance. A whole science exists around it. If we could make use of the science of child-conception, a complete transformation of the human race could be brought about. Even little things make a difference. Currently, a scientist is carrying on a small experiment which will bring about a fundamental change. He has devised a small…

And yet another way is possible. Out of Krishna’s sutra another way emerges. We can make persons so conscious—not by changing the body, but by changing awareness—that when a soul petitions them to become givers of birth, they can refuse; or, if needed, they can give birth. For thousands of years India experimented with this. There are hundreds of proofs. A whole science of this experiment was developed. If you have read the lives of Mahavira or Buddha, this land created an entire dream analysis—a science of dreams. Freud has only just begun to understand the signs of dreams—his understanding is still very infantile, not very deep. But the Jaina tradition says: when a Tirthankara enters a mother’s womb, these dreams—at these times—begin to come to that mother. They are the news that a soul of the rank of a Tirthankara wishes to enter that womb.

Beloved Osho, something is happening to me -- a feeling of fullness, richness, and expansion in my upper body. It's pushing on my throat. It's not gripping me, it's embracing me, and everyone and everything around me. I don't know if they can feel it, but I can. It's a touchless touch, like a sweet hello, not addressed to anyone or anything -- but rather everyone and everything. And it is silently following me around. This is like a strange pregnancy, which I know nothing about. How could I? I am a man. What is it, Osho? Can men get pregnant? Have you been visiting me in the night, Osho?

Dhyan John, man also gets pregnant -- not in the same way as woman; his pregnancy is far superior. The woman can produce more human beings, but when man gets pregnant, he produces either music, painting, sculpture, poetry -- all that makes life worth living and all that gives life value. But very few people feel this kind of pregnancy. They are so involved in their mundane affairs -- in money, in honor, in power, in prestige -- that they never care that they can also produce something which will outlive them. The woman's child will have a life of seventy or eighty years, but what about the poetry of the UPANISHADS? Five thousand years, and it is still vibrant and still alive -- and the people who gave birth to it could not have avoided feeling pregnant. Every great poet knows that when some poetry is striving to be…